A.: J. GERRITSON, Publisher. I
HOW I ESCAPED.
A SOLDIZE'S STORY
With some twenty men under my com
mand, I was scouting in one of the South
ern states, when we were suddenly fired
upon from an ambuscade, and two of our
party mortally wounded. The next mo
ment we saw ourselves surrounded by at
least three times our number, and heard
a dozen voices shout—
"Surrender, or you are dead men."
Resistance would have been more than
folly, as I saw at a glance, and I at once
ord6red the men to throw down their
arms and dismount, which they did. Our
horses were led away from us, and our
arms taken possession of; and then the
whole party of rebels crowded around us
in a tumultuous manner, cursing and
threatening us with massacre.
"We have a right to expect the com
mon usage of war !" I said to the leader,
a savage and brutal looking fellow.
"And you'll get what we choose to
give yon, for we re your masters now,"he
savagely rejoined. " If we choose to han,q,
we will begin with you first. With this
he walked away a few paces, and held a
consultation with some of his inferior of
ficers, *bile we awaited the result with
feelings that were far from pleasant. The
majority being in favor of delivering us
to the commandant of the fort below, we
were sent off under a strong guard. A
fatig,uinginarek of about ten miles bro't
us to a< rebel _camp about dark, and we
were olelivered over to the Colonel com
manding,irreatly to oar relief.
The men being duly disposed of, the
colonel accepted my parole and invited
me to mess, with him. He proved to bee
gentleman and a scholar, and during my
stay with him be treated me with a pleas
ant kindness that I shall always remem
ber. with gratitude.
I had been in his charge something over
a week, when, one morning just a ft er
breakfast, as I was about to take my us
ual stroll through the camp, he said to
me:
"Lieutenant Hanson, I regret to say
that it is no longer in my power to give
the liberty of parole. Orders have just
been received from the headquarters of
this department , to have you sent to new
rifle, and there_ put you in close confine
meat.
" Why this seventy?" I inquired.
" I believe it is in retaliation for an of-
fence of the Federals," he replied, look-
ing at me with so much commisseration
expressed in his handsome countenance,
that rinstantly took the alarm and in
inirgd
" Have you told me the worst, Colon
el?"
" No!" he sighed, " would to Heaven
I had ! You are to be sent off in irons,
and are already adjudged to the same
doom as the confederate officer, who has
been condemned as a spy."
"And the men taken with me ?"
"They will probably be exchanged."
"It is only myself, then., that is doom
ed to suffer."
" That is as the case now stands," he
answered, turning away his head.
"This is unjust and cruel !" said I, fair
ly trembling at the thought of being so
ignominiously cut off in the very prime of
my life.
" I pity you, my friend, but you are a
soldier, and know that I am compelled to
obey the, orders of my superiors," rejoin
ed the colonel, in a tone that expressed
his deepcommiserdtion
"l exkonerate you," said I, grasping
his hand ; and whether I live or die, I say
God bless yon, from my-very heart.
I mused a few moments, and then in
quired in what manner, and how soon I
was to lie sent to my destination.
" You will be hand-chffed," replied the
colonel, "for myorders in this respect are
positive, and within an hour, or:at the la
test-two, will be sent off under the guard
of two men, wbo will escort you to the
railroad station on foot, and thence to the
cars."
"How far from , here to the station,
colonel ?"
" Between six and seven milea by
the main road—two miles less by a cross
route which is only travelled on foot."
"Through what hind of country does
this road pass ?"
" Wild, rugged, and thinly settled."
I looked him straight in the eye, and
felt that he understood me.
"Shall I go bfibti nearest way ?"
"If you wish, for the main road is
much blocked up by army teams, cavalry,
4e."
"Of-course you would ,hold the men re
spousal& 'for my safe delivery at New
vine," j said; in a low, moaning tone;
He nodded.
"If Should ese.ape
"yep world be plumed, perhaps pun
itshed." ' '
-W,But not. unto 61qath, ) qe.lenelP
.
Itardl"; r 4W'
"pouitievi-itiatt gias'plitg - MS hand,
and 'trembling hope, at the same
time making.sure,there wer,„was, °th
e* listener, and -- spealilit-ura- very-lo*
tone, "if I -could only set out with a flask
of dragged liquor in my possession, and
ray irons so nearly severed , rthatloonhi . ,
bunt them apart, there is o'ne ',41353:1
would ever remember in my prayers."
The colonel looked at me fixedly for a
half minute, and then silently grasped my
hand and squ,eezed it hard. He then bade
me remain where I was, and hurried
away. I did note see him again for. an
hour, when he came with a man who put
the irons upon myrwrista. He then so
lected two men, and gave them orders to
see me safely delivered to the provost
marshal of Newville, but to use no more
harshness than a strict performance of
their duty require&
" You will take the nearest route to
the railroad, across the field," he contin
ued, " and thence proceed in the cars to
your destination. You must not, lose
sight of your prisoner during your journ
ey, and should he attempt to escape, you
would be justified in shooting him: You
now have half an hour to make what pre
paration you wish."
Soon after this, the colonel managed to
slip a flask inside the bosom of my shirt,
saying as he did so ;
" You have your wish, and may God
prosper your design. As an honorable
gentleman, I of course hold you bound to
inviolable secresy, and to use no more vi
olence or force under any circumstances
1 than what may be absolutely necessary to
I secure your escape." -
"Rest assured, my noble friend, your
confidence in me shall not be misplaced,"
,I returned in a faltering voice, and with
tear 'dimmed eyes; "and it shall be my
constant prayer that should the hour of
tribulation ever come to you, you will
find returned that kindness and mercy
which you have shown to alellow-mortal
in distress.
The colonel,. who was visibly affected,
now took his final leave of me, with the
romarld .that it would not be prudent for
him to 'hold any further conversation with
me. He bade me farewell, in a voice
touched with emotion, walked hurriedly
away, and Isaw him no more.
At the thne .appointed, the two men re
turned and took charge of me, and we im
mediately started on our journey. For a
mile we remained in sight of the camp;
and then papaing over the brow of a steep
elevation l we descended to a wild, rugged
valley, with trees and rocks and hills on
every side of us. ,Perhaps there would be
no better opportunity than thepresent,
to tit mY, cilantro ism- ..-......4 , r.0 . ... , ,,qi , pA0 rtervt0g
rtervtog myeaff for tho effort, on winch so
much depended, I said :
"'Boys, I feel a little low spirited, and
would like to ask a favor of you."
" Well, what is it ?" inquired one of
the two.
"I have managed to secure a flask of
whiskey," said I, " and with your permis
sion I will take a drink."
" That's a game that three can play at;
eh, Jim ?" returned the fellow with a
laugh."
"'Taint notliing else," replied Jim.
At this, notwithstanding the irons on
my wrists, I produced the bottle, and
drew the cork with my teeth.-
'"Excuse me boys," I sald, with a smile,
" for /. king the first drink, as I wish to
make sure of at least one share while it is
going ;" and with this, I . put the flask to
my lips and held it there long enough to
'have drank half it, though not a drop
went down my throat.
" Oh, come," said one of the men, lay
ing hold of it, "just give a fellow-travel
er one chance."
He 'drank to my entire satisfaction,
smacked his lips ? and handed it to his
anxious companion, who nobly imitated
1 his example--remarking, when done,with
I a comical leer, as he handed back the bat-
I tle : ~
"That there's the stuff for trowers."
".Just so," said I, pretending to drink
again.
- In this way the flask passed two or
three times, in the space of ten minutes,
and then with a feeling of joyful relief, I
saw that. the last drop had been drained.
The effect was not immediate upon my
guard ; but in a short time, I noticed they
began to walk heavily,- and thea unstead
ily, and both of them muttered sowething
about -feeling awful sleepy. I imitated
thaifiriotiona with every sense alive, and
my heart beating quick. with hope. We
continued op in this manner some little
distance, and had began.to ascend the op
posite hill, at a spot -- where the' bushes
grew thick caineach side-af the path,when
both came to a halt, looked.with drunken '
grayiti,iictO • each other's - faces fora few
oMpats,,Mid "then Agydetly . sat down, and
almost instantly fell over, in a state of un
consciousness.
Now_ vms _m_y time, and gathering all
n 'T - - 81 ..T . P.g tb l --.stve..T°Y. irons. .FPI9oP
dons wrencli. lis Ooy,sudderdy snapped
itiander'aiid lett 'nisi fi.oe;rcould.scarcely
restrain a lond'cry Of Joy ? :, ,To drag the
two men into the.bashea, out of_sight --of
any chance passe* Wtia malY:thO - WOrk: Of
a minute. A I stilll , wore the . butternut
clothes which tba,itirillaa - hid foiattiipt
on me in exchange for my.owri tliere:Wa's'
no need-of further chafigakif dies :to limas
for a ,CoafolioratKiltildiar ; an 4 I***4 li:
musket and platity of ammunitum, I struck ,
off,through thn blastula to thurisilti iuid
harrit4 away over a' wild conntryfr tot
as tear aid liop6.o4l4,4rlveiiii!, ": 4: ~-,.
jraPlOito:titifAikk dldivitOilik,avOl4:.
ing all Aiighways, settlements, and even
' fOnb.,._ , gt 6 ;.l PttskeViti4;ilf.4iVast.irlill
MONTROSE, PA,, THURSDAY, JUL . Y 14, 1864.
rection all'day, fortunately without meet'•
ing, a person. Just* dark I carnet° a
lonely cabin, and sadly feClibg the need
of food I ventured to knoCk at the door.
" Who's tbar ?" inquired a timid voice.
" A 'hungry soldier who has lost
way, give me something to eat, and I will
goon.'
A pale, sickly looking white woman
came to the door, and asssured' She
had nothing to eat, except'some hard corn
bread, and gave me a piece about the
size ofmy fist.
I pushed on in the dark till I came to a
rocky hill, and finding something
,fike a
cave, crept into it and spent the night, re
awning my journey on the first streak of
light. The second day, like the first, I
managed to get over a long stretch of
countryy without being discovered, gradu
ally shaping my course to the north.—
That night I spent in the woods, sleeping
in some bushes. The next morning on re
suming my journey, I espied several rebel
soldiers, moving about in different direc
tions, and fearing that they were hunting
for me, I did not venture from the wood
all day. Since leaving the rebel camp I
bad eaten nothing but the corn cake giv
en me by the poor woman, and began to
feel the pangs of bitmger very keenly.
I could not remain where I was in safe
ty, and as soon as it became dark I bold
! ly struck down through.the forest into a
road and setting my lace northward,hur
ried forward, regardless of consequencea.
In the course of five miles, I passed sev- ,
eral comfortable dwellings, but I was
afraid to stop and ask for food. At last
I dis Coveted a mean shanty, standing a
little off from the road, and I resolved to
try my luck there. As I got over the
fence a little dog ran up to me, barking
savagely, and attempted to bite my heels.
I watched my chance and knocked him
over with the breech of my musket which
I carried. As he lay quivering on the
ground, it occurred to me that I could
eat him ; and killing him at once, I pick
ed him up and went back into the road,
and continued on until I came to a wood,
into which I penetrated for half a mile,
and there I struck a fire s and cooked the
animal, which I devoured with a gustO
I've since wanted for much better meat.
I then went some distance from the fire,
lairwon and went to sleep.
',be 'sta.:CA/is*: I
myself 'concealed in tbe'siooas . , - and - thie
next night I went back to the road' and
pushed' on as before.
Thus I continued to' work my Niay I
northward for several days, till, at last
was challenged by a sentry in blue, when
I almost fainted for joy at &tiding myself
4 within the federal lines.
I have not in this narrative exposed the
noble colonel, God bless him ! to whom I
am indebted for my liberty, perhaps my
life, for no one can trace him out from
the facts I have given. The officer for
whom I was to have been held was hung
as a spy, and doubtless the same fate
would have been mine if I had not effect
ed my escape.
Living and Supplies in Virginia.
A correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune
writing from near Headquarters and
Richmond, says in regard to the condition
of supplies in the parts of Virginia recent
ly traversed—
" That if any one has formed a picture
of a starving, foodless, fenceless, desolat:
ed South, let them look for a moment on
the true picture of the country whichour
army has occupied for several weeks.—
The country is abundantly supplied with
everything: Granaries at* filled with corn
until-they overflow. Gardens grow all the
luxuries of the season. Flocks and herds
have not deserted the pastures and hills.
Corydon and T 6 is eat their country
messes in the shade. Fowls frequent the
barn-yards, and the dove cotes, are not
abandoned by' their meek - aid' innocent
inmates. Our horses wade through clover
knee deep, and the growing wheat brush
es their sides as'tbey pass through it.—
Immense tracts are filled with thriving
corn-fields, and, one whose knaginstion
has been filled, as mine had, with pictura
of want and desolation, would believe . ,
that time had run back and' brought again
the former days of peace and contentment.
Even, the maidens stand in the doorways
and smile on us as we pass, in spite 'of
i
their hatred of tunkees n the abstract.—
Weitivo very serious doubts, engendered
bYour late experience, of ever, stai-ving
the Confederacy, and we, look for the end
only by hard,fighting, in connection with
Gen: Grant's lefttnk strategy."
—General 'Butter reported that he held
the key. to.Riehinond ; but it appears he
only held a,dar4cey.
—The Times asks; Shall eabilaetbibr%ers
have ; ,sdatliliV,the "gonset To 4hreh 'the
n9atie*r-Eiiircsti,Wieadirbg Republican
journal; feoiO3': " Nei iVe:bave: travel6d •
on the road Mpg.'
Altc 'ad it is tide'
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Cie elnuatt ' calls 14:
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mid la party.
FOOLING -THE PEOPLE.
If the Administration has been a failure
in everything else it has succeeded admira
bly in fooling - the - people. For three
eventful years it bafF been lying Most
shamefully. in :everythingregarding , the
war, and as time advances its falsehoods
become more incredible and transparent.
The last , ten days ' were pregnant with
these fabrication&
Senator WileOn, chairman of the milit
ary
committee in the S. Senate, the
man above all others, excepting the See-
retary of War, who
_knows all about the
strength of our army, stated a few day
ago that since the 17th Of last October,
the 'government bad enlisted 000,000
white men, and-10'0,000 negoes costing
t 125,000,000 in- bounties. This immense
army, larger than, the whole voting pop
ulatiottpt ow State, is certainly double
the nuinbei'Of men in arms in the South
ern Confederacy, and yet they were rais
ed in the last seven months, and can not
be much more than half of our actual for
ces. The President, the other day, paid
a visit to Gen. Grant, and his organs
have taken great pains to assure the
country that tie was highly pleased wits►
the situation. Everything was going on
admirably, and Gen, Grant did not even
hint that he wanted " one more man."—
Upon the heels of this positive assurance,
we have it announced from lir. Dana,
I Assistant Secretary of War, who has just
I returned from the army, that since the
present campaign commenced, Grant's
losses "have not exceeded -ten thous
and men." Now these lies are in
famous, gross as a mountain ; but their
authors have been so neeessfal in fooling
the people, that they stop not at the pro
mulgation of the wildest fabrications. If
Grant requires no more men, if alb Pre
sident was and is delighted with the pro
spect before Richitiond, and if Mr. flecre
tary-iihma-tens- - anything like the truth,
where is the necessity of a conscription
so remorseless as the one in contemplar
tion ? Even if our losses have amounted
to one-halt of Gen. Gr.aut's, army, when be
first enconutered Lee,, there remit, he 'still
sufficient numbers in the service; if pre
perly handled, to utterly deniolish 'the
rebel 'armies. And, if 700,000 men vol.
unteered, since last October, where is the
iisimif,,,,consm;iptions, elf.? ;Volunteer
ittattrerit 'F4 . :
'Wits'on; tfie trueyolkffifter all
-
Bat the facts are the very opposite
of what we are told.by our authorities.—
The Administration•cares nothing for the
lives of our soldiers. For two years, ever
since McClellan's dismissal, it sacrificed
our gallant army in blundering efforts to
show that there was .a way of getting to
Itiehmond, beside the one suggested by
that officer ; and what has been the con
sequence ? Why, after repeated slaugh
ters, the present commander is forced to
adopt McClellan's suggestions—sugges
tions for which be was discarded two
years ago All this blundering upon the
part of the Administration has been part
ially obscured and forgotten because of
its systematic lying regarding our army
movements. The people, weary of war
and bloodshed, are naturally eager to be
lieve what they ate praying for. The
Administration knows this well, and, con
sequently, there is scarcely a day passes
that it does not assure the country of
some important and mysterious move
ment in course of execution, which is sure
to close the, war in a blaze of glory. In
deed, there is nothiUg too gross, in the
way of falsehood, which the War Depart
ment is not willing to
most
upon, and
that, too, in the glaring manner,
shows the success of the Administration
in educatingtitem to believo tlui most in
credible fabrications. •
A Vaor , Pardoned.
Some weeks since a Colonel Fish, who
had been Priovost - Marshal of 'Baltimore,
was convicted by a court martial of being
guilty, while in office, of the mealiest
thefts, levying black mail upon innocent
people, and of theinolt,tioclring cruelty
towards men add women, whom he com
pelled to go. $O l l/0 nndet.loose charges of
disloyally. It was t*oq iroves on his
trial that he had been, guilty pf sending
confederate bondalii . gurope to sell Be
ing one of the ~yoritea - of the., reigning
dynasty ho eseqed imprisoninent, but
was sentenced to'pay, a,titic of
Yet even , this, light 'sentence
crimes was taken elf by 1..1n, who 1:10
given hin;ia,free pardon. This is one of
the Most , disgraceful acts of Lincoln.—
Wet inay an echange say , that wheika
public official tiiiPerlatively
denouncing Derricicrate, and' 101 1 44 n
extravagant loyalty, jt.iif site to assiime
that hells , at Wt. -LttailioriorNthiflkor
both. J •ki:j`J•il ~*
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The Christian Recorder, the organ of the
African • Methodist, EqiscOpal Church in
this' country, recently published the
fol
howng letter from the colored army; It
eeds no comment. Any = American who
reads it must bliish for , his country
CAMP VP S. CO . LOILEDTaoore,
, Witsoris Ltraiirro, Charles City Co.
May 10, 18E14,
Mr. Editor ; You are aware that Wil
son's Landing is on the James River, a
few miles above Jamestown, the very spot
where the first sons of Africa, were land
ed in the year 1820, if my memory serves
me' 11'04 and from that day up to the
breaking out of the rebelion, was looked
upon as an inferior' race by all civilized
nations. But behold what has been re
vealed in the past three or four' years ;
why
,th:s colored men have ascended upon a
platform of equality, and the slaves can now
apply the lash to the tender flesh of his mast
er, for ibis day, I am now an eye witness
of the fact. The country being principally
inhabited by wealthy farmers, there are a
great many men in the regiment who are
refugees from this place. While on a
foraging expedition we captured a Mr.
Clayton, a noted reb in this part of the '
country, and from his appearance, one of
the F.P. V's ; on the day before we cap
tured several colored women that belong
ed to Mr. C., who had given them a most
unmerciful whipping pecticknis to their de
parture. On the amntal of Mr. C. in
camp, the commanding officer determin
ed to let the women have their revenge,
and ordered Mrr C. to be tied to a tree in
front of head-quarters, and William Harris,
a soldier in our regiment, and a member
of Co. E, who was* acquainted with the
gentleman, - and who used 'to belong to
him,
watt called upon to address him, and
introduce him to the ladies that I mention
ed before. Mr. Harris played his part
conspicuously,. ' bringing the blood from
his loii s. at every stroke, and not forget
ting to remind the gentleman ofdays gone
by. After giving him some fifteen or
twenty well-directed strokes, the ladies,
one after another, came up and gave him
alike number, to remined him that they
Were no longer his, but softly housed in Abra
ham's bosons; and under the protection o 7 the
Star Spangled Banner, and guarded by
thettii-cretwpos iel ea r e l i r omiTher ? a .
- Oh t thavlt lind .that tongua ervidOiny
feelloge *lrdestiiirdirig-upoir the banks" of
the-James,River, on the soil of Virginia,
thatiiother State of slavery, as a witness
of such a sudden reverse !
- The 'day is clear, the fields of grain are
beautiful, and the birds are singing sweet
melodious 'songs, while poor Mr. C. is cry
ing to his servants for mercy. Let all
who sympathize with the South take this
narrative for a mirror.
Josh Gibson is a powerful man, and,
though be is civil, he is proud of his re
potation as the " best man• in the county."
Bill Stiles is a notorious braggard, and is
always telling of his having drubbed this
or that individual, naming some one who
is proterbially large, stout or active. One
day Bill was at the hotel when the con
versation turned on his favorite topic.
" You all know Josh Gibson," says
Bill.
Yes," was answered by three or four
at once.
" Well, 1 met Josh last Saturday, and
he refused to give half the road. -I got
out and took him off his - wagon and maul
ed him till he begged for mercy."
One of the listeners was a particular
friend of Scab, who, on his return, told
Josh what BiU had said. Josh, on hear
ing the news, pondereda minute, then
said :
" Did he own to it, though ? and will
you go before " Squire Broadhead and
swear that he said so ?',
"Fes"
" Well," says Josh, "yon go over to
the 'squire's and make the affidavit and
get a warrant for Bill Btiles for assault
and battery, and I.llslievi him how to
abusn'peopie on the hihway."
The friend did as - Josh Hold him, and
began to think sure enough .13111 had
thrashed Josh. Bill was brought before
the 'squire and pleaded' guilty; whereupon
the 'squire fined him ten dollnri and costa,
which he paid witlidut herlitation,evident.
flatteimg hitnaelf that he had bought
fame at i'bargain. As Bill left the 'sqture s
office Josh Accosted him with
" Well, Bill, you have jnet Paid ten del=
lars for thrashing me in my r abseneN and
noW I am goip . g - to see What, 'they Will
charge ferila il mg lying pup* When he
is present:"
Bill took the hinrimd begun to make
excuses; but ;Josh .cut him short b."
smart rapllitilifmthe eye, followed bytwo
or,. three more Abet brought him. to the
Billßtiles.htaid thereabout two yearn ,
afterward,,ancl. although he went by the
name of" Fighting Bal,", he was. never-
afterward known to.brag of his exploits
in that lingAlef:444.lincPs - py,faet,T,'Bill was
never w l i Arrelsome, and it Is believed that
flafhe ever had. wag'thei one la
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I VOLUME XXI.
" RETALIATION IN CAMP."
Yours truly, G. W. H
Braggart Punished.
Pilljt.:j IEIA
LineaWs Error and Crime.
On the Sianday before the day the extra
session, of Congress - of 1861 adjourned,
President Lincoln said to Mr. aflorY, a
Representative of Rentucky, in
,presence
of Senator Crittenden and others:
"Mr. Mallory, this `War, so far as nave
anything to do with it,.ia carried on upon
the idea that there is a Union sentiment
in these States, which, set free from the
control now held over it by the presence
of the Confederate or rebel power, will
be sufficient to replace those States in the
Union. If lam mistaken in this, if there
is no such sentiment there, if the people
of those States are determined with ens
nimity, or with a feeling approaching una
nimity, that .their States shall not be
members of this Confederacy, it is beyond
the power of the people of the other
States to force them to remain in the Un.
ion; and, said Mr. Lincoln, in that con
tingency—in the contingency that there
is not that sentiment there—THD3 WAR
IS NOT ONLY AN ERROR, IT LS A
CRIME.),
The contingency supposed by the great
pledge-breaker exists, and has existed for
many months, caused in no small degree
by Lincoln's own acts. The people of the
seceding. states Aux determined, " with
unanimity, or with a feeling approaching
.unanimity, that their states shall not be
members of this Confederacy." Spite of
the constant and persistent efforts of the
habitual deceivers of the northern people,
the mass of the Abolitionists themselves
know this to be true—Lincoln knows it,
if he be not more stolid than even we sup
posed him to be. Whose then is the
."ERROR,"—whose the "CRIME?"
At the great trial before the 'Eternal
Searcher of all hearts, this awful question
must find an answer.
Lincoln's Joke on Swapping Hones.
Lincoln having placed the necessity of
his election on the ground—for 'want of
a better ground—that it was no time to
swap horses while crossing a stream, it is
proper to give the origin of the story, as
follows :
A man undertakes to swim a mare and
colt across a river; and he, not being able
to cross alone, grasps the colt by the tail
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plunge_aud. maim for the. oppo si te
The colt 00013 , gives eetv.stuti ou . ita be
ginning to sink, the people on the shore .
again advised him to rely upon the mare,
—to let go the colt and lay hold of the
mare, who is as strong as ever, or both
will go down ; but the stupid, obstinate
man replies: "It is no place to swap hor
ses in the middle of a stream." So down.
he goes with the colt to a fool's death,
Just so this nation will go down if it
hangs to Lincoln, who cannot cross the
stream, even if he should try.
An Uncalled far Amen.
A correspondent of the Methodist Prot--
estant relates the following story, which
is too good to be lost:
A very sensitive preacher in a certain
village not a hundred miles from Balti
more, was discoursing with great warmth
on the uncertainty of human life. To give
the greater effect to his remarks, after
assuring his hearers that they might die
before an hour had elapsed, he said, 'And
1, your speaker, may be dead before ano
ther morning dawns.
'Amen! was the audible response of a.
pious and much beloved brother in the
congregation. The preacher was evident
ly disconcerted for a moment. He tho't
the brother misunderstood his meaning.
Pausing awhile be repeated the declara
tion, 'before another hour your speaker
may be in eternity! "Amen!' again
shouted the brother before him.
It was too much for the sensitive mso,
and - stammering out a few additional re•
maks, he sat down before he had near fin
ished Ms .discourse.
'Brother.-, said the preacher the
neat day, to his kind hearted friend drake
amen.corner, 'what did you mean b,y say
ing amen to my remarks last nigh. Do
you wish I was dear
'Not at all,' said the good brother, 'not
at all,' I thought that if you should die,
you would go straight to glory, and I
meant amen to that!
SIT" The garnered wealth of the na
tion, by the census of 1800, was sixteen
thousand 'million dollars. , Ifthe war were
to atop to.day, we should find that the
national, state, county and' town debts
would absorb one entire haltof the capital
of thecoantry. 'spent in the efforts to re
store the Union. Ifwetaii, itisamountain
load ofdebt 'pressing on every living man
and all tbataro to be born forgeneratiOns:
It make's) the • condition of the laboring
man awful to contemplate." • "
jar vhe Washington correspondent of
the Boston Travelers a leading , Lincoln
organ, ,saya:
The.viar will go on for a year :or two
logiger—;cortainly till the summer of 1865.
It in cowardly to ether 'op: the trath—
and•thia3s theftnith."‘-
The Le* villeorosterst,siyastervird.
iug eft Ocoletittittenlto save the reputgio,
ie like ,e,:insit's -to,
saveihis:evett ``" ,7 •' '